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Aug 23 2019
Opinion
Daniel Turner: Bernie Sanders’ Green New Deal is an impossible dream that would be a nightmare
In 1605, Miguel de Cervantes published his novel “Don Quixote,” about a delusional man who thought he was a knight in shining armor and who jousted with windmills he imagined were evil giants.
In 2019 we have Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, who embraces windmills and announced a $16.3 trillion proposal Thursday for a Green New Deal, saying it would pay for itself in 16 years by
Guest Writer - RightJun 08 2018
News
Trump's Tariffs Worry A Small Steel City In Pennsylvania
Dan Moore, a 58-year-old steel mill worker, gives the president an "A+" on everything from tax cuts to foreign policy, but he's not so sure about tariffs.
"We need tariffs, but when it starts to impact the company where you work ... you're thinking, well wait a minute, timeout!" he said.
Moore is worried the tariffs might cost him his job. The mill where he works, NLMK
NPR (Online News)Jun 25 2019
News
'It's kind of the Wild West': Media gears up for onslaught of deepfakes
A low-tech doctored clip of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi last month spotlighted the growing challenge of combating misinformation this election season.
A video of Republican Mitt Romney saying in 2012 that 47 percent of Americans were dependent on the government helped sink his presidential bid, and an unearthed clip of President Donald Trump bragging about grabbing women shook up the
PoliticoNov 25 2019
News
Clemency for Three Military Officers
On November 15, “President Donald Trump… granted clemency to three controversial military figures embroiled in charges of war crimes, arguing the moves will give troops ‘the confidence to fight’ without worrying about potential legal overreach.” Military Times
“Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Sunday fired the Navy’s top official… Esper said he had lost confidence in Navy Secretary
The Flip SideJul 22 2016
News
His Tone Dark, Donald Trump Takes G.O.P. Mantle
Donald John Trump accepted the Republican presidential nomination on Thursday night with an unusually vehement appeal to Americans who feel that their country is spiraling out of control and yearn for a leader who will take aggressive, even extreme, actions to protect them.
Mr. Trump, 70, a New York real estate developer and reality television star who leveraged his fame and forceful
New York Times (News)Jun 02 2014
News
Can Hillary duck Taliban deal on campaign trail?
President Obama skirted the law and broke precedent to swap a captured American soldier for five “high risk” Islamist militants in U.S. custody. The deal with enemy forces in Afghanistan is a continuation of Obama’s effort to get all U.S. forces out of Afghanistan within two years. This is part of a new, more limited foreign policy approach that Team Obama refers to as “Don’t do stupid sh*t.”
Fox News DigitalSep 01 2020
Perspectives Blog
Transparency Troubles: How the Associated Press Mixes News and Subjectivity
When an article is clearly labeled as “news” or “opinion,” do you read it with that in mind?
People coming to a site or clicking on a link expecting hard news are sometimes met with subjective analyses and opinionated angles, and content is not properly labeled. AllSides has found even historically trusted news sources, such as the Associated Press, sometimes fail to properly label
Micaela RicaforteAug 30 2014
News
Rand Paul continues attacks against Hillary Clinton
Rand Paul continued his assault on Hillary Clinton and trumpeted the potential of his own brand of libertarian-infused Republicanism in a Friday afternoon speech to several thousand small-government and tea party activists. The annual summit of the Americans for Prosperity proved predictably fertile turf for the Kentucky senator, who grew raucous cheers by repeatedly lambasting the federal
PoliticoAug 22 2019
Opinion
Mitch McConnell: The Filibuster Plays a Crucial Role in Our Constitutional Order
Democrats who want to change Senate rules for temporary political gain will rue the day, as they have before.
“You’ll regret this, and you may regret this a lot sooner than you think.”
That was my warning to Senate Democrats in November 2013. Their leader, Harry Reid, had just persuaded them to trample longstanding Senate rules and precedents. Now that some Democrats are
Mitch McConnellAug 22 2019
News
Tea Party Republican and former Rep. Joe Walsh mulling primary challenge against President Trump
Walsh went from being a fervent Trump supporter to an outspoken critic of the president.
Tea Party Republican and former Illinois congressman Joe Walsh is considering a primary challenge against President Donald Trump, and the now-talk radio host says if he does announce a run, "it's going to be before Labor Day."
The New York Times reported Wednesday that Walsh "is expected to
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